Vulnerability record

CVE-2023-2136

Google Chrome Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run Chromium Skia, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by May 12, 2023.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Integer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 112.0.5615.137 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorAffected versionsFixed inSource
ChromeGoogle< 112.0.5615.137112.0.5615.137NVD
Chromium SkiaGoogle——KEV

Sources: NVD = NIST National Vulnerability Database; KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2023-2136 scored CVSS 9.6: Google Chromium Skia, Google Chrome Skia Integer Overflow Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched Chromium Skia systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References

  • chromereleases.googleblog.com https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_18.html
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2136
  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/1432603
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4AOSGAOPXLBK4A5…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ES2CDRHR2Y4WY6D…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FEJZMAUB4XP44HS…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IHHD6KNH4WLUE6J…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RJQI63HWZFL6M26…
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLO7BL2MHZYPY6O…
  • security.gentoo.org https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-17
  • debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5393
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-2136